Accession number
PML 85615
Creator
Foxton, Thomas, 1697-1769.
Published
London : Printed for Richard Ford, at the Angel in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market, 1728.
Credit line
Purchased on the Harper Fund, 1975.
Notes
An imitation of: Divine songs attempted in easy language for the use of children / Isaac Watts.
Dedication to William Archer signed "Thomas Foxton" and dated: Jan. 16.1728.
On the recto of leaf A6 is a letter, "To the bookseller", signed "I. Watts" and dated "Decemb. 26th, 1727"; Watts praises Foxton's Songs, although the authenticity of this letter may be suspect.
Advertisement on verso of leaf A1.
Dedication to William Archer signed "Thomas Foxton" and dated: Jan. 16.1728.
On the recto of leaf A6 is a letter, "To the bookseller", signed "I. Watts" and dated "Decemb. 26th, 1727"; Watts praises Foxton's Songs, although the authenticity of this letter may be suspect.
Advertisement on verso of leaf A1.
Description
x, [2], 58, [2] p. ; 15 cm.
Provenance
With the signatures of W.C. Hazlitt; Cornelius Paine; Arthur M. Simmond (?); George Bates, Jan. 1934.
Binding
Sprinkled calf, gilt, with red lettering-piece.
Classification
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